A method declares a local variable but does not use the variable except possibly as the recipient of an assignment statement. For analysis by this rule, the tested assembly must be built with debugging information and the associated program database (.pdb) file must be available.

To fix a violation of this rule, remove or use the local variable. Note that the C# compiler that is included with .NET Framework 2.0 removes unused local variables when the optimize option is enabled.

Suppress a warning from this rule if the variable was compiler emitted. It is also safe to suppress a warning from this rule, or disable the rule entirely, if performance and code maintenance are not primary concerns.